Where does “bony” come from?

Bony comes from Middle English bony, Old French bugne, Frankish bungjo, Proto-Germanic bungô, and Proto-Indo-European bʰenǵʰ-, ultimately from the root bʰen-.

bony (English): resembling, having the appearance or consistence...

Definitions

  1. resembling, having the appearance or consistence...

Ancestry of “bony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbony—
2Old Frenchbugne—
3Frankishbungjolittle clump; a swelling, lump, bump; lump, bump,...
4Proto-West Germanicbungulump, clump
5Proto-Germanicbungô—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰenǵʰ-thick
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰen-to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to...

Words derived from “bony”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰenǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bungô →